Letter Inquiring About Dollar Family

 E.W. Dollar of Metropolis, Illinois wrote to the editor of the Orange County Observer in Hillsborough, North Carolina in 1905 to inquire about any relatives of his grandfather living in Orange County.[1]

The letter stated the following:

“My grandfather, James Dollar, was born in Orange county, N.C. in 1796, and reared to manhood there. He was married there to Miss Rebecca Guess. About the year 1829 or’30,[2] he removed to Caldwell county, Ky., where he died July 12, 1878.[3]  To the above union six children were born, four of whom Wilson, Wiley, Silas and William G. in North Carolina, the other two in Kentucky. Of the six children, only two are living, William Green Dollar, of Caldwell county, Ky. and my father, Mosses [sic] Strudwick Dollar, of Metropolis, Ill., now 71 years old.

"My grandfather corresponded with his relatives in Orange county for a short time  only after his removal to Caldwell county. No correspondence or nothing heard from them now for seventy-two or three years. If any of them are now living there, I would be glad to correspond with them.   Respectfully, E.W. Dollar”

It is amazing what is found in newspapers of long ago.

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[1] Letter written by E.S. Dollar to the Editor of the Orange County Observer, Hillsborough, North Carolina, published 9 February 1905, p. 3, Newspapers.com.

[2] James Dollar first appeared on the Caldwell County Tax List in 1830 on p. 12, line 15 . He owned no land and one horse worth $40.

[3] Caldwell County, Ky Ancestors, compiled and indexed by Gregory L. Watson (Melber, KY: Simmons Historical Publications, 1998) p. 151 lists James Dollar buried in Dollar Cemetery, Fredonia Quadrangle, Caldwell County.

Published 8 April 2021, Western Kentucky Genealogy Blog, http://wkygenealogy.blogspot.com/